Episode 300 marks an important milestone for Work from the Inside Out. Tammy Gooler Loeb reminds us that the underlying belief guiding the podcast from its beginning has remained the same: fulfilling work begins with listening to your inner voice.

Her guest is Connie Steele, Tammy’s friend, colleague, and co-writer of The Human Side of Work newsletter. Connie is a brand builder, business growth leader, and human-first voice on the future of work and life. She is the author of Building the Business of You, which Tammy highly recommends.

Connie’s journey offers a real-life example of what it looks like to be the C.E.O. of Your Career.

Curiosity helped her discover how her interests in people and numbers could lead to a career in marketing and market research.

Engagement with professors, colleagues, and others in her network helped her to learn about new opportunities to move into technology.

Ownership showed up as Connie made thoughtful choices about what she wanted from her work and life, including making changes in her career when she became a parent. Later, when long COVID disrupted her health, intuition, and ability to make decisions, she learned that agency also meant recognizing the need and letting others help with the next step.

Connie’s experience can help listeners reflect on how they hear their own voice, engage with the people around them, and move through change with intention.

In This Week's Podcast, Learn More About:

• How Connie’s curiosity led her from math and statistics to marketing and market research
• Why she made a purposeful move from consumer packaged goods into technology
• How networking and conversations helped her learn about opportunities outside her family’s experience
• Why career growth can include building skills laterally, not only moving up
• How Connie reconsidered the shape of her career when her family priorities changed
• How long COVID affected Connie’s sense of self, intuition, and ability to make decisions
• Why accepting help can be an act of agency
• How trusted relationships can support resilience, recovery, and growth
• Why human connection and self-awareness matter alongside technology

Learn more:

• Visit Connie’s website
• Read Building the Business of You
• Connect with Connie on LinkedIn
• Listen to Strategic Momentum
• Subscribe to the Human Side of Work newsletter

Your CEO of Your Career Move:

Choose one decision you have been circling. Ask one person you trust: “What do you hear in me? What do I keep coming back to that I might not be able to hear right now?”

Listen without defending. That is curiosity, engagement, and ownership in a single conversation.

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• Read Tammy’s book: Work from the Inside Out
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